to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to look away; to turn away
show tent; circus tent; freak show
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
invisibly; secretly; privately
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
retreating figure; appearance from behind
great hurry; great haste; rush
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
bad form or manners; indecency; impropriety
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)